The at-sea behaviour of the Manx shearwater

Thesis

Seabirds are vulnerable to a wide range of impacts at sea and function as important indicators of ocean health. A detailed understanding of their movements and distributions at sea, as well as the types of behaviour in which they engage and the extent to which those activities make them vulnerable to different impacts is critical in effective conservation planning. But their elusive lifestyles and mobility have hampered studies of their at-sea behaviour. Using miniature data loggers deploy...

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Authors: Dean, B

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: animal behaviour; biologging; seabird; foraging
• Subjects: Behaviour (zoology); Ecology (zoology)